Bill Gates was the Secret Santa for one Redditor (this link is to the Redditor's story). Your round-up author's favorite part of the story: "I went back to all the other gifts completely shocked. Then I paused for a minute and thought, what if this is someone screwing with me. Well of course Mr. Bill Gates already thought of this and took a picture of himself with my stuffed animal and a sign and then sent me the stuffed animal and sign." (via HardOCP)

Mark Zuckerberg is selling shares to pay off his staggering $2.3 billion tax bill. Of course, we should all dream of a day when we have to pay those kind of taxes, as it means we're filthy, stinking rich.

A TV anchor gave away $20 with or Bitcoin live on the air. Unfortunately, he didn't think to hide the QR code, so it was stolen. All's well that ends well though, and the thief has identified himself. He will return the $20, and he says he took it to make a point about security when giving away Bitcoin. (via HardOCP)

Dutch neuroscientists recently devised a method by which people's specific memories can be completely erased. And to save you the head scratching, the movie you're thinking of right now is "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (which happens to be your round-up author's favorite movie).

If you're sad about the end of Winamp and you like Spotify, check out Spotiamp (only for premium users).

The Facebook app for Windows Phone 8 now lets users pin chats and events to the home screen. For any Windows Phone users, push notifications were also recently fixed for this app, so you might want to give it a shot if you had given up and are using something else.

Phone users who need a physical keyboard can check out the Blackberry Q10 which will arrive at Verizon for $200 with a two-year contract. The phone is only $100 on T-Mobile (not including the monthly fee you pay for the phone for two years that T-Mobile claims isn't a contract).

Google Reader is going by the wayside on July 1 (much to your round-up author's chagrin). As Google likes to do these days, it is getting rid of a universally-liked product to focus attention on less-popular products like Google+. Feedly has already picked up 500,000 new members as a result.

Because of people abusing the White House online petition system (President Obama does not have the ability to force Jerry Jones to sell the Cowboys), the threshold has been raised to 100,000 e-signatures required.

If you're one of the fortunate Verizon subscribers who has a legacy unlimited data plan, buy a 4G phone (unfortunately, you'll have to pay full price to avoid "upgrading" your plan) to make sure your data doesn’t get speed-capped.

A site called Potential Prostitutes allows people to anonymously submit women, then it charges the women $100 to remove themselves from the list. Your round-up author imagines that this site won't last long.

Wikimedia raised $25 million in nine days, so people who donated to Wikipedia can feel good about helping their cause, and cheapskates like your round-up author no longer have to feel guilty while closing the big request at the top of the site.

Following the big announcement about the iPhone 5 coming to T-Mobile (see Apple section above), the mobile carrier has announced that they will stop subsidizing phones and instead lower the price of the plan. Yes, the is T-Mobile, not Metro PCS or Cricket.

Final Fantasy IV will be available December 20 on iOS and next year for Android.

SwiftKey has released a beta of its Swype-like keyboard (which includes the ability to swipe entire sentences without lifting a finger). Your round-up author is a big fan of the company's predictive keyboard, and he is very intrigued by this new offering.

After 24 years, Nintendo Power magazine has released its last issue. Your round-up author fondly remembers his subscription when he was 8 or 9. He even wrote a letter to Nintendo Power asking for advice for the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, and he received a multi-page response with pictures explaining how to get the Yoshi doll. R.I.P. Nintendo Power.

The Republican National Convention has named Google as its official social platform. Considering most of the people on Google+ tend to be younger (and consequently more liberal), this could have interesting effects on the election.

Google+ got a facelift. It’s pretty nice, too. Perhaps it can sway a few timeline-hating Facebook users to jump ship.

Republic Wireless, an innovative wireless carrier that expects users to place most calls/texts over WiFi and only charges $19/mo. for unlimited data/text/calls, will open up its reservation system next week to allow more people to join this summer. For people with WiFi access at home and school/work, this could be an ideal solution for saving some money.